Xavi provides Ansu Fati update before Barcelona’s clash with Rayo

Barcelona brag Xavi Hernandez has, connected Saturday, provided yet different wounded update connected sidelined wide-man Ansu Fati.

Youngster Ansu has of people not featured for Barca since precocious January, confined to the sidelines owing to a caller hamstring wounded picked up during a Copa del Rey gathering with Athletic Club.

Recent weeks, though, person seen excitement statesman to equine crossed the Blaugrana’s fanbase, arsenic the club’s explosive La Masia merchandise inches ever person to a instrumentality to the pitch.

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Speaking to the media up of his side’s showdown with Rayo Vallecano connected Sunday, Xavi, successful turn, was inevitably asked for an update connected Ansu’s fittingness earlier today.

And the Spanish tactician went connected to uncover that those of a Barca persuasion intent connected seeing their talented young attacker backmost connected the transportation this play request not get their hopes up.

Instead, Ansu is successful enactment to marque his comeback successful a small implicit a week’s time, erstwhile the Catalans invited Mallorca to the Camp Nou:

“If everything goes good he’ll beryllium determination for the adjacent game, against Mallorca. He’s wholly with the group. It’s a precise affirmative enactment for america and helium tin assistance america a lot.”

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Whilst 1 cardinal subordinate of Xavi’s ranks prepares to beryllium retired the enactment this weekend, though, successful a boost for Barcelona, different brace of the club’s stars look acceptable to beryllium astatine the disposal of their brag successful 24 hours’ time.

For those not aware, some Ronald Araujo and Dani Alves were forced into fitness-based departures during the week, aft pulling up during the Blaugrana’s triumph implicit Real Sociedad.

The 2 defenders, though, person nevertheless been named successful the club’s latest matchday squad, truthful expected to diagnostic from the disconnected up against Rayo.

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This nonfiction was edited by Ben Browning.